Inscriptions, volcanoes, lava beds....you choose

 

 Parked in the campground at Bluewater Lake State Park...WOW!. It is virtually empty, after September 15 - first come - first serve. It is a beautiful park @ 6800', and although many of the site roads are closed for the season , the walk to the lake is close by.

 

Agenda for today: view inscriptions @ El Morro outside Ramah, NM.  On the drive to Ramah we passed by the  El Malpais Information Center and decided to take a peek for a future visit.

 

 

 

This park is all about volcanic caves, lava flows and 

cinder cones, all viewable by hikes or scenic drives.

It's on our bucket list as our time in the area is short

and we still had mile to drive to El Morro.

 

the point of the park

Petroglyphs

 

Example of  some of the inscriptions

Big Horn Sheep petroglyphs...

 

Inscription and petroglyph

The visitor center was built in 1964, blends nicely into the sandstone and juniper landscape. Interesting displays of Spaniard conquest/Catholicism, information about the Ancestral Pueblo ruin, Astinna. There is also a 9 site campground that provides a Sky Night Program during normal seasonal hours...given that there is NOTHING even a close to a street lamp or Mickey D's neon sign -the stars must be amazing.

 

Twenty miles away you can find Zuni Nation - which offers a tour of the Zuni Pueblo if you happen to be in the area.  I left there with opal and silver jewelry...hey, I love jewelry artists too.

 

~Ciao...